Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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Activities are a part of any social order. Activities can be as varied as the people that create them. Activities can be used to develop a climate of common interest between students, teachers and com- munity. Dana took part in many organized ac- tivities. He scrubbed decks, loafed with the men on the fantail and observed and participated in the activities of the inhabitants of California. The activities in which one participates can act as a log or chart of time passing and create permanent remembrances. A school year can be logged in this way. A voyage through a high school year can be logged, charted by participation in the activities of that year. To relieve the sameness of a sea voyage a sailor found ways to have fun. School activities are designed to do much the same thing. They bring people with varied interests together, and add another dimension to the learning experience, the social dimension. FALL BRINGS SCHOOL DAZE Having signed on board the previous year, students return to Dana Hills for a new school year with an idea of what they might expect. The first activity involves registration. The first four days before the starting of school is a tumult of pic- ture taking, teacher scrutinizing, card swapping until a program is finally worked out. The first days of school create a pattern which is then gotten used to. The pattern is old and accepted by year's end but new, and a confusing de- light the first few days. The new schedule caused students to observe schedule cards. The first bulletins carried fand continue to carryj news of varied events that were simply looking for participants. Attendance procedures were quickly down pat with period absences, class cuts, sickness, excused, unexcused all duly noted. Now the year unfolded its fun activities meant to parallel arduous study. lj School as it appears at 7:30 a.m. The buses just arriving. the teachers just arriving. 21 Miss Arnett and Lambert register students for the first semester in the English department. 37 Cold mornings greet students waiting for the bus to take them on their winding journey to school. 41 Students troop through the front doors bumping over and through students waiting for rcadmits or for the band room doors to open. 51 A trip to the locker starts the school day. 61 Mr. Dunn takes roll, thwarting students who would dare miss his sixth period anatomy and physiology class. 7J .Iohn Pentz reads the morning bulletin proclaiming ofthe days activities.

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ACTIVITIES CENTER . 7' '1 7 1 'C ROUND FooTB LL -5. M y ? 4 ' lf 3- . A I 2 i .3-fl :I I , ' 1 If:7Q 4 I'E' 1A AA , A . Vx 12 V gy, ,. , A A 1 AI- s Q , On any voyage there are certain factors that are always present in daily life. On a ship these included the sea, the constant humming of sails in a fol- lowing wind, and even the sound ofa whip on a sailor's back. A high school journey also has activities and tradi- tions that shape everyday life. One of these, for the year's first quarter, is football. Football is the favored sport of high school, and a school is often judged by its team. This year Dana Hills was stronger in football than ever before, and football controlled all fall activities. Along with the actual game the impact of football is seen, in the many groups that deal with it. These in- clude the cheer and songleaders, the drill team, and the band. It is these or- ganizations that push football into our daily lives. .f . l 2 4 One Year Before the Mast